Taking Burnout Off the Backburner
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Date & Time
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Learning Objectives
Participants will be able to:
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Describe three issues of burnout specific to behavioral health providers
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Identify three ways to process burnout
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Identify and describe three holistic models to prevent burnout
Educational Goal
The educational goal of this presentation is to address the causes and consequences of burnout and provide resources for preventing and processing burnout.
Description
This presentation aims to address the causes and consequences of burnout, provide resources for processing burnout, and put forward ways to prevent burnout. Merriam-Webster defines burnout as “exhaustion of physical or emotional strength or motivation, usually due to prolonged stress or frustration.” Tales of burnout, across a wide range of professions, have become rampant. Why do we hear more about this now than in the past? One report stated that over half of professionals report moderate or high burnout. This leads to issues like emotional exhaustion, depersonalization, lower self-evaluation, etc. There are serious consequences if behavioral health providers do not find ways to prevent and deal with burnout.
There are three major themes behavioral health providers must consider when processing burnout issues (Oser, et al.); however, I have added another one, processing. Professionalism is necessary for working with people, but self-care is imperative for behavioral health providers. Many providers feel at the “end of their rope.” Perhaps as we learn to practice self-care, we can help those on our teams who may have developed maladaptive coping methods.
Target Audience
- Counselor
- Marriage & Family Therapist
- Psychologist
- Social Worker
- Substance Use Disorder Professionals
Presenters
Jack is the founder of Psuche Education, Counseling & Coaching Services. In 2019 he was asked to help Arcadian Trails (Co-Ed Residential Center) implement a spirituality component into their new facility’s program. He is a certified life coach and sexual addiction counselor. He also served as the Executive Director at Clay Crossing, a faith-based co-occurring residential facility for men. Before retirement from the Oklahoma Department of Mental Health and Substance Abuse, he served as the Admissions Director at Rose Rock Recovery Center, a 48-bed residential facility serving women with co-occurring issues, a trauma-specific model utilizing the Sanctuary Model. He also served as the Clinical Director in a residential facility with the Department. In his doctoral dissertation/project, he integrated spirituality, human development theories, and psychotherapy. He has 30 plus years of professional experience from a broad range of experiences (i.e., ordained minister, workshop presenter, adjunct teaching, addiction, and trauma-specific counseling and training, administration, research, program development, institutional assessment and development, community service and leadership development, reentry/criminal justice, pastoral and chaplaincy, etc.). He recently published a book and is currently compiling two books. One is about his philosophy of counseling, types of groups, and the presentations he utilizes in a residential setting for those struggling with co-occurring issues. Jack has worked on a research project on multigenerational trauma, including developing a strategy to address this issue. Jack developed and instituted the Together We Thrive program for the Ft. Gibson School District (Oklahoma, USA), a K-12 program designed to identify at-risk children and develop initiatives to assist them.